Part 518: Laager - Turn 14

Laager: Tactical Update 14

The BattleMaster’s hardened battle fist crushed the Huron Warrior’s right breast like an egg, shattering structural supports and flaking away the last of the medium `Mech’s armor as the ceramet failed. Whole intact plates of armor fell away as the Huron Warrior’s flailing arms failed to save off the strike. The pilot turned and ran, his or her will to continue the battle failing. That was the problem, Kernoff mused hypocritically, with state-owned BattleMechs. If a soldier was held entirely responsible for the loss of his or her machine they’d rout almost instantly in the face of a foe willing to risk theirs.

That’s also what made the Wolverine’s pilot so dangerous, Kernoff realized. The `Mech with the imperial purple shoulder wouldn’t be baulked by an armor breach like the others—likely they’d been made responsible for the prosecution of the rest of the battle when the gaudy Rifleman had been driven away. The pilot was a veteran: they moved with an efficient grace the other `Mechs in the company hadn’t quite matched, and thus-far the Wolverine hadn’t hesitated to throw itself in harm’s way—that it had gone so long undamaged was nigh miraculous.

It was likely, Kernoff considered, that far more than the pilot’s life hinged on their success or failure. And of course the last machine still inside the compound’s walls would be the most tenacious of the lot.








Shooting Phase
BattleMaster (Player)
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 1335
- Fires ER PPC at Huron Warrior (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 3 target movement = 9): rolled 6, miss!
- Fires Large Pulse Laser at Huron Warrior (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 3 target movement - 2 pulse laser = 7): rolled 2, miss!
- Fires Medium Laser at Huron Warrior (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 3 target movement = 9): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires Medium Laser at Huron Warrior (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 3 target movement = 9): rolled 12, hit Right Leg (10/20 armor remaining)!
- Fires Medium Laser at Huron Warrior (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 3 target movement = 9): rolled 7, miss!
- Fires Medium Laser at Huron Warrior (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 3 target movement = 9): rolled 8, miss!
- Gains 39 heat, sinks 32

Viking (Player)
- Gains 0 heat, sinks 20

Legacy (Player)
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 1131!
- Fires Gauss Rifle at Huron Warrior (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 9): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Huron Warrior (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 9): rolled 10, hit Right Arm (11/16 armor remaining)!
- Fires ER Medium Laser at Huron Warrior (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 9): rolled 3, miss!
- Fires Streak SRM-2 at Huron Warrior (4 base + 2 range + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 11): rolled 7, fails to lock-on!
- Gains 18 heat, sinks 18

SRM-6 Turret 1730
- Fires SRM-6 (Inferno) at Brutus (PPC) (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement - 4 enemy movement = -1): automatically hit, 4 missiles hit Turret, Turret, Front, Front!

SRM-6 Turret 1530
- Fires SRM-6 (Inferno) at Brutus (PPC) (3 base + 0 range + 0 movement - 4 enemy movement = -1): automatically hit, 3 missiles hit Turret, Front, Turret!

Lao Hu
- Holds fire!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 20!

Archer
- Holds fire!
- Gains 0 heat, sinks 24!

Rifleman II
- Holds fire!
- Gains 2 heat, sinks 28!

Huron Warrior
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 1433!
- Fires Medium Pulse Laser at BattleMaster (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement - 2 pulse laser = 5): rolled 4, miss!
- Gains 13 heat, sinks 10!

Snake
- Fires LB 10-X Autocannon (Slug) at Viking’s Center Torso (4 base + 0 range + 3 movement - 4 target movement + 1 target prone = 4): rolled 6, rolled 7 to confirm, hit Center Torso (1/33 armor remaining)!
- Fires Streak SRM-2 at Viking (4 base + 0 range + 3 movement - 4 target movement + 1 target prone = 4): rolled 4, 2 missiles hit Left Torso (25/31 armor remaining), Left Torso (23/31 armor remaining)!
- Fires Streak SRM-2 at Viking (4 base + 0 range + 3 movement - 4 target movement + 1 target prone = 4): rolled 12, 2 missiles hit Center Torso (0/33 armor, 28/29 structure remaining (Crit!)), Center Torso (26/29 structure remaining (Crit!))!
- Fires Streak SRM-2 at Viking (4 base + 0 range + 3 movement - 4 target movement + 1 target prone = 4): rolled 9, 2 missiles hit Right Leg (28/30 armor remaining), Left Arm (18/30 armor remaining)!
- Gains 13 heat, sinks 22!

Wolverine
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 1536!
- Fires ER Large Laser at Legacy (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 5, miss!
- Fires ER Large Laser at Legacy (4 base + 0 range + 2 movement + 0 enemy movement = 6): rolled 5, miss!
- Gained 26 heat, sinks 24!

Brutus
- Holds fire!

Brutus (PPC)
- Crew Stunned!

Demolisher (Gauss)
- Holds fire!



End Phase
Brutus (PPC)
- Inferno critical chance in Turret! No critical hit sustained!
- Inferno critical chance in Turret! No critical hit sustained!
- Inferno critical chance in Front! Crew stunned!
- Inferno critical chance in Front! No critical hit sustained!
- Inferno critical chance in Turret! (12 - 2 = 10) Weapon Destroyed!
- - No turret weapons remain, Ammunition hit!
- - - No ammunition in location, Turret Blown Off! Vehicle destroyed
- Inferno critical chance in Front! No critical hit sustained
- Inferno critical chance in Turret! (11 - 2 = 9) Turret locks -> Turret Blown Off (again)

Viking (Player)
- Critical chance in Center Torso! 1 critical hit sustained!
- - Engine hit! Engine destroyed!
- Critical chance in Center Torso! No critical hits sustained!



Physical Combat Phase:
BattleMaster (Player)
- Torso-twists to threaten hex 1335!
- Punches Huron Warrior with Right Arm (4 base + 2 movement + 3 enemy movement = 9): rolled 10, hit Right Torso (0/17 armor, 11/12 structure remaining)! Crit!

Huron Warrior
- Punches BattleMaster with Both Arms (4 base + 2 movement + 1 enemy movement = 7): rolled 11, hit Right Arm (17/22 armor remaining), Left Torso (15/28 armor remaining (damage halved!))!



End Phase:
Huron Warrior
- Critical chance in Right Torso! 3 critical hits sustained!
- - Medium Pulse Laser damaged!
- - Engine hit! +5 heat/turn!
- - Heat Sink hit!



Turn End Phase:



Next Turn’s Movement Phase
Huron Warrior
- Forced to Withdraw!

Wolverine
- Activates MASC! Must pass a 3+ failure chance: rolled 9, succeeds!








Player Status:




Allied Status




Opposing Force Status:




Mission Objective:
- Hurt them (complete)
- - Hurt them more (complete)
- - - Teach them the Word (8/9)

Secondary Objectives:
- Defend the Turret Control Tower (0/1)
- Defend the Administration Building (0/1)
- Keep enemy `Mechs out of the `Mechbay (Failed!)



Special Rules:
Construction Zones – Unless the hex states otherwise, all construction zones count as light woods.

Hidden Assets – The light autocannon turrets are currently in low-power standby mode. ComStar has always maintained up rumors that the power grid supporting them is incomplete or somehow insufficient to power them. They will not open fire until at least two players request their activation on the same turn. This deception may be detected by enemy units with a Beagle Active Probe.



Orders Due: Midnight Tuesday!